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2024-10-17Ombudspersons and their advisers from 18 countries gathered in Estonia to discuss AI and Human Rights
This week, ombudspersons and their advisers from 18 countries across Europe, Africa, and Asia convened in Estonia for a two-day training seminar focused on the technological, legal, and ethical dimensions of AI in administrative decisions and ombuds investigations. As AI evolves rapidly, ensuring its alignment with human rights, the rule of law, and democratic values in decision-making processes is becoming increasingly important. This training seminar was financed by the International Ombudsman Institute.
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2024-10-17
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Angola celebrates for the first time the International Day of the Ombudsman
The event was held on October 10th and included an opening speech by the Angolan Ombudsman, the representative of the National Assembly, the interim UN representative in Angola, the PNUD representative in Angola, followed by presentations of virtual speeches by Her Excellency the President of the International Ombudsman Institute, Dra. Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, the Executive Director of the International Ombudsman Association, Dra. Ellen Miller, the Secretary of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), Dra Caroline Sokoni, and other representatives of Angolan state bodies.
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2024-10-17
Certificate distribution ceremony to Brand Ambassadors
The Certificate distribution ceremony among the Brand Ambassadors for Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, selected from Hamdard University and Sindh Madressatul Islam University, was held at the Ombudsman Secretariat on 30 September 2024. Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput, welcomed the Brand Ambassadors and faculty members from both the Universities.
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2024-10-17
Mediation Case: Lands Department attentive to public concern with prompt actions to address risk of tree collapse
A village resident was concerned about the condition of the trees on the government land nearby, particularly a large tree adjacent to his house, which had grown taller and taller with its trunk leaning more significantly. The Ombudsman’s Office sympathised with his long-standing concern, given that tree collapse had caused casualties time and time again in the past.
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2024-10-17
Ombudsman institution critical about the process of solving long-lasting problems in the field of environment also at the President’s Forum
On 30 September 2024, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, at Brdo pri Kranju hosted the fourth President’s Forum, in the forefront of which was the right to healthy a living environment. During the debate, Deputy Ombudsman, Dr Dijana Možina Zupanc, emphasised that violations of human rights in this field are ongoing, since every year the institution receives almost 200 complaints, of which approximately one fifth is valid.
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2024-10-17
Release of the report, A shared future: A closer look at our official language minority communities
Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada Raymond Théberge released his report entitled A shared future: A closer look at our official language minority communities on 9 Oktober 2024. The report provides an overview of the current realities of official language minority communities, which are often on the front lines of official language challenges across Canada.
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2024-10-24
More and more people are turning to the Ombudsman for help
On 22 October 2024, the Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier published his 2023/2024 Annual Report which shows more and more people are turning to the Ombudsman for help. “In 2023/24 I completed the highest number of complaints and protected disclosures ever,” Mr Boshier says.
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2024-10-24
Ombudsman presented his recommendations and findings to ECRI representatives in their areas of competence
On 21 October 2024, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, assistant head of the Center for Human Rights, met with representatives of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), who were visiting Slovenia that week to prepare the sixth report on the state of human rights in the country.
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2024-10-24
Appointment of Acting Ombudsman and Ombudsman
The Chief Ombudsman announces that the Ombudsman Appointments Committee (OAC) had, in accordance with the requirements under Section 217(1) and (2) of the Constitution and Sections 4(3) and 11(a) of the Organic Law on the Ombudsman Commission, appointed Tabitha Suwae as an Ombudsman and Kevin Kepore as Acting Ombudsman. Mr. Kepore’s term as Accounting Ombudsman expired on 9 October 2024. The position of Ombudsman Accounting will be advertised publicly as is the current practice to give an opportunity for potential candidates to apply, including the Ombudsman.
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2024-10-24
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has released its Ombudsman Report for 2023-24
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has released its Ombudsman Report for 2023-24. Kindly click here to access the report.
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2024-10-25
Ombudsman challenges public offices on ethics
Ombudsman Grace Tikambenji Malera has challenged Public Officers in the country to exercise their duties and functions in a proper, fair, just, reasonable and lawful manner; further to accounting for their decisions or actions. Malera made the call in a presentation she made during a webinar organized by the University of Malawi (Unima).
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2024-10-25
Ombudsman announces investigation results on enforcement against unauthorised land developments
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, on 24 October announced the completion of a direct investigation operation regarding the enforcement by the Planning Department (“PlanD”) and the Lands Department (“LandsD”) against unauthorised land developments, and made 16 major recommendations for improvement to the two departments.
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2024-10-24
European Ombudsman criticises Commission failure to inform public how it assessed human rights risks in EU-Tunisia agreement
The European Ombudsman has criticised the Commission for not being transparent about the human rights information it relied on before signing an agreement with Tunisia that includes EU funds for border management. She also called on the Commission to set out explicit criteria for suspending EU funding.
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2024-10-25
Urgent need for review of special needs youth placement in adult facilities per CRC
Based on Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) data, the number of children with developmental, physical, or mental disabilities placed outside their families rose to 1,243 in 2023. Of these, 176 cases (15%) were housed in adult care facilities, which have been unable to meet the children's social adaptation and peer interaction needs, thus failing to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
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2024-10-31
Ombudsman reaches seven ADCs with Mobile Accountability Clinics
The Office of the Ombudsman has in the past week been to eight Area Development Committees (ADCs) in Nkhata Bay district with Mobile Accountability Clinics. The Office has been conducting meetings with about 40 members of each ADC and later held public rallies, raising awareness about the functions of the office and how local communities can utilize its services.
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2024-10-31Biennial-report-of-the-deaths-of-Children-in-NSW_2016-17.pdf
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2024-10-31
The-new-machinery-of-government-special-report_Front-section.pdf
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2024-10-31
New South Wales Ombudsman - 2020 hindsight: the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2021) - EN.pdf
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2024-10-31
Ethics committee opinions on commissioners’ intended new jobs should be made public, says European Ombudsman
The European Ombudsman has suggested the European Commission make public all future opinions adopted by the independent ethics committee concerning former commissioners’ post-mandate jobs.
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2024-10-31
OCI’s Latest Annual Report Issues Groundbreaking Investigations into the Experiences of Maximum-Security and Life-Sentenced Prisoners in Canada
The 2023-24 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) was tabled in Parliament on October 29, 2024. The Office’s latest Annual Report breaks new ground in two national-level investigations examining conditions of confinement in male stand-alone maximum-security penitentiaries and on the experience of persons serving a life (or indeterminate) sentence in Canada, a sentence that has no end date.
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